Shammi Kapoor is one of the top actors of his time. He can truly be called an evergreen star as many of his films and songs receive love from the audience even today. His first marriage to actress Geeta Bali was a filmy affair, and their love story, too, is quite interesting. You'll be shocked to know that Geeta Bali turned down Shammi Kapoor when he proposed marriage, but later, she suddenly asked the actor to elope with her. Convincing her to marry him was a difficult task for the legendary actor.

Shammi Kapoor's twisted lovestoryIn an old video interview with Rajshri Unplugged, Shammi Kapoor once shared how they had a lot in common. He said, "I fell in love with her and she fell in love with me. When we came back to Bombay, I proposed to her. That was in April of 1955 and she said ‘no, I don’t think I can marry you. I have so many responsibilities and I have to fulfil them. But I love you.’ I said ‘alright, we’ll keep it at that’." Also Read: The actor later revealed that he kept on asking her on every occasion, ‘let’s get married’, but she said ‘let’s wait and see’. Let's get married right now: Geeta Bali Further, he added, "In August 1955 eventually, there came a moment, and I don’t know how she arrived at that, when she said ‘yes ok, let’s get married.’ I asked her ‘shall I inform your parents and my parents?’ She said, ‘no, let’s get married right now, today’."Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali got married on August 24, 1955. Geeta Bali acted in over 75 films in a career spanning over two decades. Geeta Bali was the only Kapoor woman at the time, who continued working in films after her wedding. It was famously said that at the time Kapoor women didn't work in cinema.